While the US has every right to protect citizens and its embassies, it should do so with the cooperation of the host country
The expanding use of private military and security companies in recent years suggests that they may take a leading role as the Ukraine conflict develops
Witnessing 9/11 in New York, the fear and the unity, no one could agree if we were entering a new world, or a depressingly familiar one
When the next terrorist attacks come, will US presidents be able to channel public demand for revenge by precise targeting, explaining the trap that terrorists set, and focusing on creating resilience in US responses?
It is no wonder that this war persists as terror groups expand further.
‘War on terror’ system works hard to create the fear and panic necessary for the implementation of draconian counter-terrorism measures.
Twelve years after George W Bush proclaimed a new era of peace and stability in Iraq, the Middle East is more unstable and dangerous than ever before.
Amnesty International is calling on European countries to come clean on their assistance with CIA operations so that justice can be served.
The "war on terror" has failed to eliminate or reduce terrorism despite trillions being spent on wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and operations elsewhere.
The "global war on terror" and its awful sequelae seem very far away to most South Africans.
Although the West is pulling out its armies, the war is by no means over for the Arab world, a former adviser warns. Nick Hopkins reports.
A US drone aircraft has killed nine suspected militants in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, security officials say.
As the last American soldiers finally leave Iraq, the United States state department assumes control of a complex and risky operation.
Pakistan has warned it could end its support for the US-led war on terror if its sovereignty is violated again after a Nato attack that saw 24 dead.
Pakistan’s president said on Tuesday accusations that his nation extends a safe haven to extremists were "baseless".
Tunisia said on Tuesday the North African country is ready to take back for legal examination all its nationals held at Guantánamo Bay.
President Barack Obama has reversed a decision to release photos showing abuse of "war on terror" detainees.
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/ 28 January 2009
President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial US weapon left over from the Bush administration’s battle against terrorism.
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/ 12 January 2009
United States President George Bush mounted a defiant and emotional defence of his ”good, strong record” on Monday.
Pakistani intelligence chief tells German magazine his country is fighting terrorism, not India
Israel has yet to learn the US lesson, that the war on terror was a failure
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/ 23 December 2008
Afghanistan has become the heart of the ‘war on terror’ — and 2008 saw a string of reversals for the Nato forces.
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/ 29 October 2008
A project that was to bring economic prosperity has become a symbol of failure, writes James Palmer.
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/ 23 October 2008
While most of the world spent last weekend trembling for its wealth, in Afghanistan the Taliban busied themselves dying in quite large numbers.
But Parliament has not been informed of the exports as required, writes Clive Rubin.
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/ 10 September 2008
The US and its allies pose the biggest
danger to world peace
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/ 8 September 2008
The foreign ministry in Islamabad termed the incursion ”a gross violation of Pakistan’s territory”.
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/ 4 September 2008
Pakistan is determined to defend its territorial integrity, it said on Thursday, as anger mounted over a raid by US-led troops on a border village.
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/ 3 September 2008
As withdrawal from Iraq becomes a hot topic in the US presidential campaign, Peter Vale assesses The Three Trillion Dollar War.
Musharraf’s position has been in doubt since elections in February. The resignation means that the West has lost its most important ally.
A wave of Taliban suicide bombers backed by gunmen attempted to breach the defences of the main US base in south-eastern Afghanistan overnight.
US military posturing towards Tehran lacks credibility and, in any case, such action would fail in all its purposes.